MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts ...

For the past 25 years, Somalia’s political transitions have not succeeded by accident. They were sustained through international engagement, pressure, and mediation aimed at preserving fragile ...

Somalia on April 15, 2025 launched voter registration in the capital Mogadishu for the first time in over 50 years, a step towards universal suffrage ahead of presidential elections scheduled for 2026 ...

A three-day training for top commanders of the Somali Police Force (SPF), tasked with running election security operation centres known as Joint Operation Centres (JOCs) in various parts of the ...

On Wednesday, 27 October 2021, eighteen domestic election observers completed a two-day training workshop in Mogadishu. The training was aimed at enhancing their capacity to observe elections for ...

Prominent Somali politician and presidential candidate Nasa Ige has announced a landmark commitment to appoint a woman as Somalia’s Prime Minister should he win the 2026 presidential election Mr Ige’s ...